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attack of the pop up
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| Musik_Fiend |
i was wondering if anybody knew a good program to download to block those annoying pop up ads, i keep getting bombarded with.
help :conf: |
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| KaiLee |
| get mozilla firefox....it has a good pop-up blocker installed and is much better than internet explorer |
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| rabbitjoker |
XP-SP2 + Google Toolbar works best.
Albeit there are ways of getting around both if someone is really a keener. |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by KaiLee
get mozilla firefox....it has a good pop-up blocker installed and is much better than internet explorer |
Not to get into an Explorer vs. Firefox debate, but just be aware:
Firefox will not render many websites properly (usually because webmasters are not following W3 standards and are coding their sites to be IE compatible since IE has 80% of browser market share).
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If you decide to use IE - XP-SP2 and Google Toolbar work fine most of the time. |
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| loca |
| quote: | Originally posted by Musik_Fiend
i was wondering if anybody knew a good program to download to block those annoying pop up ads, i keep getting bombarded with.
help :conf: |
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ :D
(unless they pop up on their own with no browser open, then you may have an ad-ware/spyware problem) |
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| rabbitjoker |
Further:
If you are getting a lot of pops, it may be due to ad-ware that has been installed without you knowing.
Install Windows Defender and scan/remove ad-ware and that may also solve some of your problems: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...re/default.mspx |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by loca
(you may have an ad-ware/spyware problem) |
Beat me to it. Agreed 100%. |
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| Musik_Fiend |
| thanks will try the ad ware but already installed google toolbar, have mozilla, and tried yahoo tool bar. so fingers crossed on the adware thing lol |
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| loca |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Beat me to it. Agreed 100%. |
Yup i just recently got a pretty tough piece of malware on my pc (complete with browser hijack) which i am still trying to resolve. I thought that was the problem originally when i read the title.
That was my own damn fault however, nothing to do with IE or FF lol. I am, simply, an idiot. :sadgreen: :nervous: |
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| DigitalMP |
| a good girl loooooves the pop-up. |
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